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A little about Chewy and me, and wombats

Hi, I'm Chewbacca the Great Gane, but that often gets shortened to Chewy.

Next to me is Mum, one of my pack leaders, and known to some as Mrs Lady Wombat. She loves to write stories for children that aren't boring, takes amazing photographs and loves to visit schools in rural and outback areas.

Here's some more stuff about us...

about me--by Chewbacca the Great Gane

Once upon a time I was stolen from my birth mother and taken away by some people dogs. But I was very unhappy. I tried hard to please them but they were always cranky with me. One day they dumped me in the bush! Then I was very, very unhappy and very, very hungry.

A people dog called Council Ranger came and took me to a place called ‘the pound’.

One day some nice people dogs [Michael (Daddy) Gane and Lady Wombat (Mummy)] came and took me to their place. That day I became a member of the Gane pack. Daddy told Mummy that Chewbacca was a famous TV and movie alien who was rescued by a human, so Chewbacca was a good name to give a rescued dog. [But they usually just call me Chewy.]

My pack is the most important thing in the world to me. Mummy and Daddy are both pack leaders. They say they are a team [but actually I think Mummy is the Alpha dog]. I’m the underdog in the pack—that’s okay because it means they look after me. And they are only people dogs: I am still top dog in the canine or ‘real dog’ world.

Sometimes my pack leaders go away without me. When they go away for a long ‘forever and ever’ time they take me to a dog resort or pet motel. It’s good to see other real dogs, but the people dogs at these places treat me as if I was just an ordinary, every-day, non-special dog. I miss taking Mummy for walks; I miss watching TV with Dad on my lounge; I miss Mum’s cooking and bits of Daddy’s biscuits. But most of all I just miss being with Mummy and Daddy and wonder if they are really going to come and take me home again. Forever and ever is a long, long time but just when I’ve about given up...they finally come and collect me.

Of course I’m not scared of being abandoned [again]! And rumours that I am scared of thunder are just not true!

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Chewy has wanted his own blog page for some time now. He is such a good dog with so much personality, that I really can't deny him. However I didn't expect making him happy would wreck my home page. Please be patient as I try various things to fix it.